Sheet music is in the Library of Congress:


A PRETTY BUNCH OF VIOLETS
Words by William Hardman, music by Fannie Goodwin Lunt.
New York: Spear & Dehnhoff, ©1879.

A pretty bunch of violets, so tender fresh and fair,
He gave me as we parted, to decorate my hair,
And as I gently raise them, with just one little sigh,
My heart recalls with fondness when Willie said goodbye!
My heart recalls with fondness when Willie said goodbye!

A pretty bunch of violets, so tender fresh and fair,
He gave me as we parted to decorate my hair.

With words of cheer when parting he gave them unto me,
And said, "Now, darling, promise that you'll not lonely be!"
But oh! my pretty violets, how can I then but sigh,
When faded is their beauty forever from mine eye?
When faded is their beauty forever from mine eye?

A pretty bunch of violets, so tender fresh and fair,
He gave me as we parted, to decorate my hair.